The Gaze by Elif Shafak

The Gaze

Elif Shafak with Brendan Freely

252 pages • first pub 1999 (view editions)

fiction contemporary challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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A new title from the author of The Flea Palace, shortlisted for the Independent Prize for Foreign Fiction and chosen for Waterstone’s 2005 Summer Reading promotion.In her prize-wining novel, The Gaze, Shafak explores the subject of body image and ...

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Community Reviews

3.22
based on 257 reviews

Moods

reflective: 60%

challenging: 52%

emotional: 44%

dark: 30%

sad: 26%

mysterious: 20%

inspiring: 16%

tense: 16%

adventurous: 8%

funny: 8%

informative: 6%

relaxing: 6%

hopeful: 2%

lighthearted: 2%

Pace

10% of readers chose fast
24% of readers chose medium
65% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

14% of readers chose Plot
22% of readers chose A mix
59% of readers chose Character
4% of readers chose N/A
Plot
A mix
Character
N/A

Strong character development?

20% of readers chose Yes
44% of readers chose Complicated
32% of readers chose No
2% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Loveable characters?

25% of readers chose Yes
43% of readers chose Complicated
31% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

85% of readers chose Yes
8% of readers chose Complicated
6% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Flaws of characters a main focus?

78% of readers chose Yes
17% of readers chose Complicated
2% of readers chose No
2% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

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